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Some thoughts on Bumgarner's first start. Spam it.

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/still worried

by Evan on Sep 10, 2009 6:55 AM PDT reply actions

Me, too, kinda. I just hope it’s “tired arm” or something. Watching him throw 87mph was a little stomach turning.

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by xanthan on Sep 10, 2009 7:00 AM PDT up reply actions

I could sort of see what the scouts meant when they said he “still had more in the arm.” He didn’t look like he was working hard to get that 87.

by Evan on Sep 10, 2009 7:08 AM PDT up reply actions

I too was puzzled by why the Padres kept hitting the ball into the ground, since he seemed to be working up in the zone. Maybe the Padres just suck.

His minor league splits suggest that he might have become more of a groundballer as the year went on. GB% was 34% in May, 42-45% for the bulk of the season, and then 51% in a few innings in September.

by Evan on Sep 10, 2009 7:25 AM PDT reply actions

I saw Gio Gonzales pitch in the minors

And Bumgarner reminds me of him. Keeps stuff in the zone, doesn’t throw terribly fast, and is hittable. Gio had improved last I checked (not too well-informed on the A’s right now), and I imagine Madison will too, but I have to say: I expected better than this. A recent history of Lincecum, Cain, and Sanchez will do that to you, I suppose.

"The BB's are out. The BB's are being arseholes to me." - Brian Wilson.

by hairball on Sep 10, 2009 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions

Nah

“A few innings in September”? You should be ashamed.
His 2009 GB rate is the same as his 2008 GB rate.
You ignored April, in which he had a 43% GB%. So his GB% was consistent throughout the whole year, except for a fluky May.
His 2009 GB rate is the same as his 2008 GB rate

Also, His 2009 GB rate is the same as his 2008 GB rate.

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by Cookyman on Sep 11, 2009 3:57 AM PDT up reply actions

He didn’t seem to have a hard time getting to 91 or 92 when he needed it. Granted he didn’t throw that hard very often, but the couple times it happened it didn’t seem like he had to put a whole lot of effort to get there.

by Hobbes2d on Sep 10, 2009 12:56 PM PDT reply actions